Gas-heater



J. D. ANTRHV.

GAS HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1919. v

GAS HEATER.

MPLICAHON HLED SEPT 18. 1919.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

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GAS HEATER,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.18,1919.

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GAS HEATER.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 1.8, I919.

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Specification oi Est-hers Fat-ant.

R se. liti'firth Applicatiomfile September 18, 3.919. ,Qerial ll-i'o.

To all whom it may cmwcrn:

fie it known. that l, /VILLLJLD. herein, a citizen of the United States. residing Gloucester City in the county of Camden and. State of New Jersey. have invented a new and useful improvement in iias-l-ieat ers, of which the following is a full. clear. and exact desoript on.

which are held at one portion thereof in a common; header.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a heater of the type described in Whieh each of the heating: elements has an opening or openings formed adjacent the upper ends thereof. \Vllii'l] ends are at to be received and nu'iintaiiied iii posi ion in a common header eon'uuuoieating with an suitable form oi pyrophorie or other lighting); device.

The foregoing and other objects, together With their attendantadvantages, will he ap parent the invention becomes better uoderstood by reference to the eceornpanying specification and drawi. forming; a part thereof, it being premised that changes may be made in the various details and the manheir of operation Within the scope of the anpeuded claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevatirm of in i1nproved gas heater.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section on the line H ll of F 3.

s Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the Ill-J11 of Fig. s, and v Fig. i is a transverse section on t 1e line TV IV of Fig. '2.

Referring more particularly to the drawiugs, the present gas heater is illustrated as of the portshle type comprising" a base 2 formed of suitable sheet or pressed metal supporteifl on 4. adjacent the corners thereof. The base plate is preferably formed with an upwardly and rearu'ardl'y extending portion forming a common chamber adjacent the bottom of the heater opted "iotathe reception of a plurality of Bunsen burner tubes 6 eomiuimieatiug at their lower '55 'ends with a gas supply line Y suitably supporte beneath the base oiithe heater. A hack member 8 is held in position on the base by means of a suitable top 9 secured in position hy'the ornament-ii li'noliis 1'3. The top 9 in its pre erred en... oifli'meiit is eonstrueted'with downwardly and. rearwardly eiiten. or portion 11 eorre hiding generally to the base The .12 oil the heater may he Formed back and are pref-(rah forward ext iities having; a longitudinz' i5 lei-ft h tween the z hip; to! the piuipose hereinatl er more pointed out. tiiliilahlv rec-ei willy l Within the opeuin...s 15 is a curved mam merit 16 extending suhsta 'allv entire length and "a'ii'lth ottheh er. Cooperating with each of the hurne... (i in. front of the ri'etlectingg eleuient ii 1 .at--radiatin;r ele ment 1'? which may he or any desired eon figuration. hut preferably formed with uh opening or openings 18 adjacent the upper end thereot adapted to extend through 't able openings 19 termed in the dowuwn rdly and rearwardly extendingportion ll of the top end into a -ou'unou header C lo. its preferred tor-1n, the header comprises a small casing; of slight y greater Width than the heating elemo is and extending substantially the entire length of the heater and muniuuuieates at one end thereoi with any suitable form of pyrophorio or other type oi lighting device 2i. it Will be apparent that when gas is admitted from the line 7 into the various Bunsen burner tubes the heat radiating elements will be filled with a combustible mixture. 'lf'his mixture will, in turn. fiil the header 20 so; that upon operating the lighting device 21, 'a spark will he projected lilusreinto and the Within the several heating elements-ignited simultai'ieousl v. The open front of the heater may he provided with suitable guards 22 as is eustou'iary in stores of this eonstruction.

The adv .iutages resulting from gas heater ronstrueted in accordance with the present inventionarise from the facility of supporting" the various heatiiigelenients in lion Within a common header. which header forms means for simultaneously igniting the gas within each of the heating elements.

Iclaim: V 1. A heater of the class described, com-' prising a casing, a supply line cooperating therewith, afseries of independent heating elements operatively connected to said supply line and extending within the casing, a header into which a portion of each of the heating elementsextend, said header receiv ing a combustible mixture through said heating elements, and means cooperating with the header for simultaneously igniting the gas in each of the heating elements, sub stantially as described.

2. A gas heater of the class described, comprising a portable supporting base, a gas supply line carriedthereby, a casing supported on said base, a header formed in said casing, and a series of independent heating elements within said casing and communicating at op osite ends with said supply line and sai header respectively for receivinggas from said supply line and feeding the same. to saidheader for filling the header with an ignitible charge, said header havin a width only slightly greater than the width of the heating elements and openmy hand.

ing at one end through the casing to facilitate igniting the charge therein, substantially as described.

3. In a heater of the class described, a

supporting casing, a supply line cooperat ing therewith, a series of independent heating elements receiving gas from said line,

a common header cooperating with the up the lower ends of said elements, a common header engaging the upper ends of said elements for receiving gas therefrom, said header opening through one side of the casing to permit igniting the charge therein, and igniting means carried by the casing in co6perative relation tp, said opening, sulistantially. as described.

' In testimony'whereof, l have hereunto set WILLIAM B. ANTRIM. 

